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    H.P. Lovecraft’s Re-Animator
    Genre:Horror

    Reviewed In Issue 17 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton, David Gale, Robert Sampson & Jeffrey Combs

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 4
    Sound Rating: 2.5
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    Supplementals
    The disc is presented with two full-running audio commentary tracks with director Stuart Gordon discussing his research at morgues and the technical aspects of the production, and producer Brian Yuzna and the original cast. Over 20 minutes of additional “R-rated” footage, including a never-before-seen “dream sequence” is included, as well as the theatrical trailer.

    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): Elite Entertainment
    (Catalog Number): EE4323
    (MPAA Rating): Not Rated
    (Retail Price): $49.95
    (Running Time In Minutes): 86
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): No
    (Theatrical Release): 1985
    (LD Release Date): 8/1/95
    (THX® Digitally Mastered): No

    Credits Information
    (Director): Stuart Gordon
    (Screenplay/Written By): Dennis Paoli, William J. Norris & Stuart Gordon
    (Story): NA
    (Music): Richard Band
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    (Production Designer): Robert A. Burns
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    (Editor): Lee Percy
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    (Executive Producers): Michael Avery & Bruce Curtis
    (Co-Producers): NA
    (Producers): Brian Yuzna

    DVD Picture Information
    (Principal Photography): Academy Standard Flat
    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1
    (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 1.85:1

    DVD Sound Information
    (DVD Soundtrack): Mono Sound
    (Theatrical Sound): Optical Mono
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    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Re-Animator is a gruesome, but comedic, mix of death, torture and mutilated flesh scenes during which the dead are brought back to life. This is the original unrated version which was re-edited to avoid an “X” rating theatrically The story is about a doctor (Bruce Abbott) and his experiments to animate life out of the dead with disastrous results as his living dead turn out to be murderous bad seeds.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The 1.85:1 matted picture was transferred from a new 35mm low-contrast print struck from the original camera negative. Colors are vivid, if not slightly oversaturated with exaggerated fleshtones and deep, solid blacks. Noise and artifacts are virtually non-existent.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The sound is undistinguished mono.
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